"prendre" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /pʁɑ̃dʁ/ Audio: Fr-prendre.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French prendre, from Old French prendre, prandre, from Latin prēndere, alternative form of prehendere (“to seize”), present active infinitive of prehendō, from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“to take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|prendre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French prendre, {{inh+|fr|frm|prendre}} Inherited from Middle French prendre, {{inh|fr|fro|prendre}} Old French prendre, {{m|fro|prandre}} prandre, {{inh|fr|la|prēndere}} Latin prēndere, {{m|la|prehendere||to seize}} prehendere (“to seize”), {{m|la|prehendō}} prehendō, {{m|la|prae-||before}} prae- (“before”), {{m|la|*hendō||to take, seize}} *hendō (“to take, seize”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*gʰed-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Head templates: {{fr-verb}} prendre Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], prendre [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], prenant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], pris [participle, past], prends [first-person, indicative, present, singular], prends [indicative, present, second-person, singular], prend [indicative, present, singular, third-person], prenons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], prenez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], prennent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], prenais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], prenais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], prenait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], prenions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], preniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], prenaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], pris [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], pris [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], prit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], prîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], prîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], prirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], prendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], prendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], prendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], prendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], prendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], prendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], prendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], prendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], prendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], prendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], prendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], prendraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], prenne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], prennes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prenne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prenions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], preniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], prennent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], prisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], prisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], prissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], prissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], prends [imperative, second-person, singular], prenons [first-person, imperative, plural], prenez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to take Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-TuaAS407
  2. (transitive) to eat; to drink Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-8uCtsM6l
  3. (transitive) to get; to buy Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb--NoLnALs
  4. (transitive) to rob; to deprive Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-jgHwg5FV
  5. (transitive) to make Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-akNDa9RO
  6. (intransitive) to catch, to work, to start Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb--jiEZBlG
  7. (reflexive) to get (something) caught (in), to jam Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-HB1j6Z8W
  8. (transitive with à)
    (transitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to start having a negative feeling towards someone
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-iIrQZlEs
  9. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-s1SL-Cfl
  10. (colloquial; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time) Tags: colloquial, impersonal Synonyms: falloir
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-7df0T5C-
  11. (colloquial; impersonal; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of) Tags: broadly, colloquial, impersonal Synonyms: falloir
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-sRFPJlfL
  12. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions) Tags: impersonal
    Sense id: en-prendre-fr-verb-WlV6crYV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 6 3 3 6 3 3 8 8 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: apprendre, comprendre, reprendre
Derived forms: à prendre avec des pincettes, à prendre ou à laisser, à tout prendre, avoir un train à prendre, cœur à prendre, c’est toujours ça de pris, déprendre, désapprendre, en prendre de la graine, en prendre pour son grade, entreprendre, éprendre, être pris entre deux feux, méprendre, ne pas se prendre pour de la merde, parti pris, prenable, prendre à cœur, prendre à la légère, prendre à la rigolade, prendre à part, prendre à partie, prendre acte, prendre au dépourvu, prendre au mot, prendre au piège, prendre au sérieux, prendre aux tripes, prendre bien, prendre congé, prendre connaissance, prendre conscience, prendre corps, prendre de court, prendre de haut, prendre de la bouteille, prendre de la distance, prendre de la hauteur, prendre de la vitesse, prendre de l’ampleur, prendre de l’avance, prendre de vitesse, prendre des gants, prendre des libertés, prendre des mesures, prendre des vessies pour des lanternes, prendre du bon temps, prendre du galon, prendre du poids, prendre du recul, prendre du retard, prendre d’assaut, prendre effet, prendre en charge, prendre en chasse, prendre en compte, prendre en considération, prendre en défaut, prendre en dégoût, prendre en filature, prendre en flagrant délit, prendre en grippe, prendre en main, prendre en otage, prendre en sandwich, prendre exemple, prendre fait et cause, prendre femme, prendre feu, prendre fin, prendre forme, prendre froid, prendre garde, prendre goût, prendre la clé des champs, prendre la clef des champs, prendre la fuite, prendre la grosse tête, prendre la main dans le sac, prendre la mer, prendre la mouche, prendre la parole, prendre la peine, prendre la porte, prendre la pose, prendre la poudre d’escampette, prendre la poussière, prendre la relève, prendre la route, prendre la tangente, prendre la température, prendre la tête, prendre la volée, prendre langue, prendre le dessus, prendre le large, prendre le pas, prendre le pli, prendre le pouvoir, prendre le relai, prendre le relais, prendre le taureau par les cornes, prendre le train en marche, prendre le voile, prendre le volant, prendre les armes, prendre les choses comme elles viennent, prendre les commandes, prendre les devants, prendre les paris, prendre les rênes, prendre l’air, prendre l’eau, prendre mal, prendre note, prendre part, prendre parti, prendre place, prendre position, prendre possession, prendre pour acquis, prendre pour argent comptant, prendre racine, prendre sa plume, prendre sa retraite, prendre sa routine à volonté, prendre ses aises, prendre ses cliques et ses claques, prendre ses couilles en main, prendre ses distances, prendre ses jambes à son cou, prendre ses marques, prendre ses responsabilités, prendre soin, prendre son courage à deux mains, prendre son élan, prendre son envol, prendre son essor, prendre son mal en patience, prendre son pied, prendre son temps, prendre sous son aile, prendre sur le fait, prendre sur soi, prendre un coup de vieux, prendre un verre, prendre une brosse, prendre une cuite, se prendre, se prendre au jeu, se prendre la tête, se prendre les pieds dans le tapis, se prendre pour le nombril du monde, surprendre, s’en prendre à, s’en prendre plein la gueule, s’y prendre, tel est pris qui croyait prendre

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à prendre avec des pincettes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à prendre ou à laisser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à tout prendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir un train à prendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cœur à prendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est toujours ça de pris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "déprendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "désapprendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en prendre de la graine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en prendre pour son grade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "entreprendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "éprendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "être pris entre deux feux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "méprendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas se prendre pour de la merde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "parti pris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prenable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre à cœur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre à la légère"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre à la rigolade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre à part"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre à partie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre acte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre au dépourvu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre au mot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre au piège"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre au sérieux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre aux tripes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre bien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre congé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre connaissance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre conscience"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre corps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de court"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de haut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de la bouteille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de la distance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de la hauteur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de la vitesse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de l’ampleur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de l’avance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre de vitesse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre des gants"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre des libertés"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre des mesures"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre des vessies pour des lanternes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre du bon temps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre du galon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre du poids"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre du recul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre du retard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre d’assaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre effet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en charge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en chasse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en compte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en considération"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en défaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en dégoût"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en filature"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en flagrant délit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en grippe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en otage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en sandwich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre exemple"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre fait et cause"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre femme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre feu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre fin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre forme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre froid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre garde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre goût"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la clé des champs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la clef des champs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la fuite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la grosse tête"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la main dans le sac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la mer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la parole"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la peine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la porte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la pose"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la poudre d’escampette"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la poussière"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la relève"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la route"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la tangente"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la température"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la tête"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la volée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le dessus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le large"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le pas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le pli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le pouvoir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le relai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le relais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le taureau par les cornes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le train en marche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le voile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre le volant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre les armes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre les choses comme elles viennent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre les commandes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre les devants"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre les paris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre les rênes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre l’air"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre l’eau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre mal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre note"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre part"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre parti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre place"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre position"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre possession"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre pour acquis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "(transitive) to eat; to drink"
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        {
          "english": "I'll get the dish of the day.",
          "text": "Je vais prendre le plat du jour.",
          "type": "example"
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        "to get; to buy"
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          "get",
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        "(transitive) to get; to buy"
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "english": "to take something from someone",
          "text": "prendre quelque chose à quelqu’un",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to rob; to deprive"
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          "deprive",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to rob; to deprive"
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    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "to make a decision",
          "text": "prendre une décision",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take draconian measures",
          "text": "prendre des mesures draconiennes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to make"
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "the fire won't start",
          "text": "le feu ne prend pas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the sauce isn't thickening",
          "text": "la sauce ne prend pas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "my mayonnaise isn't setting",
          "text": "ma mayonnaise ne prend pas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "that won't wash with me",
          "text": "ça ne prend pas avec moi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch, to work, to start"
      ],
      "id": "en-prendre-fr-verb--jiEZBlG",
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
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        [
          "work",
          "work"
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        [
          "start",
          "start"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to catch, to work, to start"
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        "intransitive"
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "I caught my hand in the door",
          "text": "je me suis pris la main dans la porte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the door hit me in the face",
          "text": "je me suis pris la porte dans la figure",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get (something) caught (in), to jam"
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        "(reflexive) to get (something) caught (in), to jam"
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        {
          "english": "What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you?",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce qui t’a pris ? Qu’est-ce qui t’est passé par la tête ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What was he thinking? What got into him?",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l’a piqué ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "good for him; it was a good choice (literally, “he took it well”)",
          "text": "bien lui en prit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "too bad for him; it was a bad choice (literally, “he took it badly”)",
          "text": "mal lui en prit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "take an aversion (to)",
          "text": "prendre en aversion",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "take a dislike (to)",
          "text": "prendre en grippe",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "become disgusted (by)",
          "text": "prendre en dégoût",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "english": "to gain speed",
          "text": "prendre de la vitesse",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "to gain a promotion",
          "text": "prendre du galon",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain ground",
          "text": "prendre de l’avance",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind",
          "text": "prendre du retard",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain some perspective",
          "text": "prendre de la hauteur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take a step back",
          "text": "prendre du recul",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain experience",
          "text": "prendre de la bouteille",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take away a lesson",
          "text": "en prendre de la graine",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain weight",
          "text": "prendre du poids",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to build muscle",
          "text": "prendre de la masse",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to get a paunch",
          "text": "prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fail",
          "text": "prendre du bouchon",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain momentum",
          "text": "prendre de l’élan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to get older",
          "text": "prendre de l’âge",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain value",
          "text": "prendre de la valeur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to become important",
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          "type": "example"
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          "english": "It's going to take me at least two hours to update it.",
          "text": "Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour.",
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          "english": "[something] comes over [someone]",
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          "english": "A fancy comes over him to set fire to the house.",
          "text": "Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison.",
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        {
          "english": "And if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key.",
          "ref": "2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie",
          "text": "Et s’il me prend l’envie d’ m’en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé.",
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      "word": "à prendre avec des pincettes"
    },
    {
      "word": "à prendre ou à laisser"
    },
    {
      "word": "à tout prendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir un train à prendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "cœur à prendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "c’est toujours ça de pris"
    },
    {
      "word": "déprendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "désapprendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "en prendre de la graine"
    },
    {
      "word": "en prendre pour son grade"
    },
    {
      "word": "entreprendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "éprendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "être pris entre deux feux"
    },
    {
      "word": "méprendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas se prendre pour de la merde"
    },
    {
      "word": "parti pris"
    },
    {
      "word": "prenable"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre à cœur"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre à la légère"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre à la rigolade"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre à part"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre à partie"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre acte"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre au dépourvu"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre au mot"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre au piège"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre au sérieux"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre aux tripes"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre bien"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre congé"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre connaissance"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre conscience"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre corps"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de court"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de haut"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de la bouteille"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de la distance"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de la hauteur"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de la vitesse"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de l’ampleur"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de l’avance"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre de vitesse"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre des gants"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre des libertés"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre des mesures"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre des vessies pour des lanternes"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre du bon temps"
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    {
      "word": "prendre du galon"
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    {
      "word": "prendre du poids"
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    {
      "word": "prendre du recul"
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    {
      "word": "prendre du retard"
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    {
      "word": "prendre d’assaut"
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    {
      "word": "prendre effet"
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    {
      "word": "prendre en charge"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en chasse"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en compte"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en considération"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en défaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en dégoût"
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    {
      "word": "prendre en filature"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en flagrant délit"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en grippe"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en main"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en otage"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en sandwich"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre exemple"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre fait et cause"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre femme"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre feu"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre fin"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre forme"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre froid"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre garde"
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    {
      "word": "prendre goût"
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    {
      "word": "prendre la clé des champs"
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    {
      "word": "prendre la clef des champs"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la fuite"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la grosse tête"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la main dans le sac"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la mer"
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    {
      "word": "prendre la mouche"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la parole"
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    {
      "word": "prendre la peine"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la porte"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la pose"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la poudre d’escampette"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la poussière"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la relève"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la route"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la tangente"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la température"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la tête"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la volée"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre langue"
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    {
      "word": "prendre le dessus"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre le large"
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    {
      "word": "prendre le pas"
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    {
      "word": "prendre le pli"
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    {
      "word": "prendre le pouvoir"
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    {
      "word": "prendre le relai"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre le relais"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre le taureau par les cornes"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre le train en marche"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre le voile"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre le volant"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre les armes"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre les choses comme elles viennent"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre les commandes"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre les devants"
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    {
      "word": "prendre les paris"
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    {
      "word": "prendre les rênes"
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    {
      "word": "prendre l’air"
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    {
      "word": "prendre l’eau"
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    {
      "word": "prendre mal"
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    {
      "word": "prendre note"
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    {
      "word": "prendre part"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre parti"
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    {
      "word": "prendre place"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre position"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre possession"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre pour acquis"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre pour argent comptant"
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    {
      "word": "prendre racine"
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    {
      "word": "prendre sa plume"
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    {
      "word": "prendre sa retraite"
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    {
      "word": "prendre sa routine à volonté"
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    {
      "word": "prendre ses aises"
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    {
      "word": "prendre ses cliques et ses claques"
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    {
      "word": "prendre ses couilles en main"
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    {
      "word": "prendre ses distances"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre ses jambes à son cou"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre ses marques"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre ses responsabilités"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre soin"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son courage à deux mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son élan"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son envol"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son essor"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son mal en patience"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son pied"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son temps"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre sous son aile"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre sur le fait"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre sur soi"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre un coup de vieux"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre un verre"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre une brosse"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre une cuite"
    },
    {
      "word": "se prendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "se prendre au jeu"
    },
    {
      "word": "se prendre la tête"
    },
    {
      "word": "se prendre les pieds dans le tapis"
    },
    {
      "word": "se prendre pour le nombril du monde"
    },
    {
      "word": "surprendre"
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    {
      "word": "s’en prendre à"
    },
    {
      "word": "s’en prendre plein la gueule"
    },
    {
      "word": "s’y prendre"
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    {
      "word": "tel est pris qui croyait prendre"
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        "indicative",
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        "present"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
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    },
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "second-person"
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    },
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "perfect",
        "present"
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
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    {
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
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        "perfect"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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    },
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prissions",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prissiez",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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        "French transitive verbs"
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          "english": "take my hand",
          "text": "prends ma main",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "French transitive verbs"
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        }
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          "eat"
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        "French transitive verbs"
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          "text": "Je vais prendre le plat du jour.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "get"
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          "buy"
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to take something from someone",
          "text": "prendre quelque chose à quelqu’un",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "rob",
          "rob"
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        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to rob; to deprive"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
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          "english": "to make a decision",
          "text": "prendre une décision",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take draconian measures",
          "text": "prendre des mesures draconiennes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make"
      ],
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          "make",
          "make"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to make"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "the fire won't start",
          "text": "le feu ne prend pas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the sauce isn't thickening",
          "text": "la sauce ne prend pas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "my mayonnaise isn't setting",
          "text": "ma mayonnaise ne prend pas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "that won't wash with me",
          "text": "ça ne prend pas avec moi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch, to work, to start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to catch, to work, to start"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French reflexive verbs",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I caught my hand in the door",
          "text": "je me suis pris la main dans la porte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the door hit me in the face",
          "text": "je me suis pris la porte dans la figure",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get (something) caught (in), to jam"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jam",
          "jam"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to get (something) caught (in), to jam"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French idioms",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you?",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce qui t’a pris ? Qu’est-ce qui t’est passé par la tête ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What was he thinking? What got into him?",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l’a piqué ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "good for him; it was a good choice (literally, “he took it well”)",
          "text": "bien lui en prit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "too bad for him; it was a bad choice (literally, “he took it badly”)",
          "text": "mal lui en prit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "take an aversion (to)",
          "text": "prendre en aversion",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "take a dislike (to)",
          "text": "prendre en grippe",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "become disgusted (by)",
          "text": "prendre en dégoût",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start having a negative feeling towards someone"
      ],
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        [
          "à",
          "à#French"
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        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive with à)",
        "(transitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to start having a negative feeling towards someone"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with à",
        "in various idiomatic expressions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French idioms",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to gain speed",
          "text": "prendre de la vitesse",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain a promotion",
          "text": "prendre du galon",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain ground",
          "text": "prendre de l’avance",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind",
          "text": "prendre du retard",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain some perspective",
          "text": "prendre de la hauteur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take a step back",
          "text": "prendre du recul",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain experience",
          "text": "prendre de la bouteille",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take away a lesson",
          "text": "en prendre de la graine",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain weight",
          "text": "prendre du poids",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to build muscle",
          "text": "prendre de la masse",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to get a paunch",
          "text": "prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fail",
          "text": "prendre du bouchon",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain momentum",
          "text": "prendre de l’élan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to get older",
          "text": "prendre de l’âge",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to gain value",
          "text": "prendre de la valeur",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to become important",
          "text": "prendre de l’importance",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to gain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "partitive",
          "partitive"
        ],
        [
          "gain",
          "gain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by a partitive",
        "in various idiomatic expressions"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French colloquialisms",
        "French impersonal verbs",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's going to take me at least two hours to update it.",
          "text": "Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take (a certain amount of time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "falloir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French colloquialisms",
        "French impersonal verbs",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To finish in two hours, it'll take three people.",
          "text": "Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take (a certain number or amount of)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial; impersonal; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "falloir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "colloquial",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French impersonal verbs",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[something] comes over [someone]",
          "text": "il prend [quelque chose] à [quelqu’un]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "A fancy comes over him to set fire to the house.",
          "text": "Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "And if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key.",
          "ref": "2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie",
          "text": "Et s’il me prend l’envie d’ m’en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come over",
          "come over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʁɑ̃dʁ/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Fr-prendre.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prendre"
}

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